[LINK] World IPv6 Launch, 6th June 2012

stephen at melbpc.org.au stephen at melbpc.org.au
Wed May 23 17:55:44 AEST 2012


World IPv6 Launch, 6th June 2012

http://www.worldipv6launch.org/

Major Internet service providers (ISPs), home networking equipment 
manufacturers, and web companies around the world are coming together to 
*permanently* enable IPv6 for their products and services by 6 June 2012.

Organized by the Internet Society, and building on the successful one-day 
World IPv6 Day event held on 8 June 2011, World IPv6 Launch represents a 
major milestone in the global deployment of IPv6. As the successor to the 
current Internet Protocol, IPv4, IPv6 is critical to the Internet’s 
continued growth as a platform for innovation and economic development.

“The fact that leading companies across several industries are making 
significant commitments to participate in World IPv6 Launch is yet 
another indication that IPv6 is no longer a lab experiment; it’s here and 
is an important next step in the Internet’s evolution,” commented Leslie 
Daigle, the Internet Society’s Chief Internet Technology Officer. “And, 
as there are more IPv6 services, it becomes increasingly important for 
companies to accelerate their own deployment plans.”

ISPs participating in World IPv6 Launch will enable IPv6 for enough users 
so that at least 1% of their wireline residential subscribers who visit 
participating websites will do so using IPv6 by 6 June 2012. These ISPs 
have committed that IPv6 will be available automatically as the normal 
course of business for a significant portion of their subscribers. 
Committed ISPs are:

●      AT&T
●      Comcast
●      Free Telecom
●      Internode
●      KDDI
●      Time Warner Cable
●      XS4ALL

Participating home networking equipment manufacturers will enable IPv6 by 
default through the range of their home router products by 6 June 2012. 
Committed equipment manufacturers are:

●      Cisco
●      D-Link

Web companies participating in World IPv6 Launch will enable IPv6 on 
their main websites permanently beginning 6 June 2012. Inaugural 
participants are:

●      Facebook (www.facebook.com)
●      Google (www.google.com)
●      Microsoft Bing (www.bing.com)
●      Yahoo! (www.yahoo.com)

Content delivery network providers Akamai and Limelight will be enabling 
their customers to join this list of participating websites by enabling 
IPv6 throughout their infrastructure.

As IPv4 addresses become increasingly scarce, every segment of the 
industry must act quickly to accelerate full IPv6 adoption or risk 
increased costs and limited functionality online for Internet users 
everywhere. World IPv6 Launch participants are leading the way in this 
effort.

For more information about World IPv6 Launch, products, and services 
covered, as well as links to useful information for users and information 
about how companies may participate, visit: http://www.worldipv6launch.org

About the need for IPv6

IPv4 has approximately four billion IP addresses (the sequence of numbers 
assigned to each Internet-connected device). The explosion in the number 
of people, devices, and web services on the Internet means that IPv4 is 
running out of space. IPv6, the next-generation Internet protocol which 
provides more than 340 trillion, trillion, trillion addresses, will 
connect the billions of people not connected today and will help ensure 
the Internet can continue its current growth rate indefinitely.

About the Internet Society

The Internet Society is the world’s trusted independent source of 
leadership for Internet policy, technology standards and future 
development. Based on its principled vision and substantial technological 
foundation, the Internet Society works with its members and Chapters 
around the world to promote the continued evolution and growth of the 
open Internet through dialog among companies, governments, and other 
organizations around the world. For information: www.internetsociety.org
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Cheers,
Stephen



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